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re: Airline Park neighborhood in Metry
Posted on 2/16/24 at 1:47 pm to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 2/16/24 at 1:47 pm to LSUFanHouston
Airline park eagle and th Harris raider here! Curetons for the win ! Grew up in lafreniere apts. my window growing up faced the downs lounge lol great times . Every time I go back home we check the area out. It’s not bad at all
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Posted on 2/16/24 at 2:10 pm to MsandLa
I grew up on Mason Smith, 2 blocks off of David Drive. It was a great area in the 70's. I definitely remember all of the things that others have mentioned. I'll add a few of my own.
One was going to the old Saints practice facility just off of David Drive. We'd catch some of the players going to their cars after practice. A couple of times when Hank Stram was the coach, he'd let some of us come onto the field after practices, so that we could kick field goals or throw the ball around. He'd even give a few pointers.
I definitely remember the ground sinking but isn't that still a major thing most everywhere back there? In the 90's, I lived and worked near Sunrise Country Club and it was a huge issue in that neighborhood. (Back in my mailman days, I worked for a few years out of the Park Manor postal station.)
I remember St. Mary Magdalen having catechism on Monday nights, which used to annoy me because I'd be missing the MNF games.
It's been at least a dozen years since I've been back there, so I have no idea what the area looks like now. What ever became of the old B&C supermarket on David Drive? I seem to recall it being piano / music store many years back...
Went to school at Airline Park Elementary, than later to T.H. Harris Middle, then to EJ. Quality Louisiana edumikashun all the way, baws... This was back when EJ was still all boys and we even platooned a couple of years just before Bonnabel HS opened.
More street football games than I can count, chasing the ice cream man or the mosquito fog guy on our bikes (WTF were we thinking doing that?)
Not sure what it's like now but back then, we had very few crimes issues in the neighborhood. Also sadly, I'm at the age where I can look back on former friends / classmates who have since passed on.
Back then, the huge "flood spot" was the corner of Elise and Camphor. I guess that hasn't changed. :lol:
Enough old man remembering "back in the day" stuff. I'll just say that in the 70's, it was a great area. I'd imagine that today, one could still do worse.
One was going to the old Saints practice facility just off of David Drive. We'd catch some of the players going to their cars after practice. A couple of times when Hank Stram was the coach, he'd let some of us come onto the field after practices, so that we could kick field goals or throw the ball around. He'd even give a few pointers.
I definitely remember the ground sinking but isn't that still a major thing most everywhere back there? In the 90's, I lived and worked near Sunrise Country Club and it was a huge issue in that neighborhood. (Back in my mailman days, I worked for a few years out of the Park Manor postal station.)
I remember St. Mary Magdalen having catechism on Monday nights, which used to annoy me because I'd be missing the MNF games.
It's been at least a dozen years since I've been back there, so I have no idea what the area looks like now. What ever became of the old B&C supermarket on David Drive? I seem to recall it being piano / music store many years back...
Went to school at Airline Park Elementary, than later to T.H. Harris Middle, then to EJ. Quality Louisiana edumikashun all the way, baws...
This was back when EJ was still all boys and we even platooned a couple of years just before Bonnabel HS opened. More street football games than I can count, chasing the ice cream man or the mosquito fog guy on our bikes (WTF were we thinking doing that?
) Not sure what it's like now but back then, we had very few crimes issues in the neighborhood. Also sadly, I'm at the age where I can look back on former friends / classmates who have since passed on.
Back then, the huge "flood spot" was the corner of Elise and Camphor. I guess that hasn't changed. :lol:
Enough old man remembering "back in the day" stuff. I'll just say that in the 70's, it was a great area. I'd imagine that today, one could still do worse.
This post was edited on 2/16/24 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 2/16/24 at 2:34 pm to sdim2901
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Grew up in lafreniere apts. my window growing up faced the downs lounge lol great times
miss this place soooooo much
Coopers still sells the Chocolate Man .... been a family tradition for nearly 60 years
as a young kid, this and a chocolate milk were my goto favorites on Sat/Sun mornings 
Posted on 2/16/24 at 2:51 pm to Got Blaze
I would not buy anything in the area. Homes are old and sinking and if you buy a newer home, that is sinking too. Its a old old neighborhood…its a pass. I live on River Ridge off Sauve. Love my area.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 2:55 pm to EastBankTiger
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One was going to the old Saints practice facility just off of David Drive. We'd catch some of the players going to their cars after practice. A couple of times when Hank Stram was the coach, he'd let some of us come onto the field after practices, so that we could kick field goals or throw the ball around. He'd even give a few pointers.
I went to a few of the Team BBQ dinners when Bum was the coach. Across the street was Mano's Po-Boys ... solid food and still there. Loved going to "The Dump" to throw away tree branches and bags of cut grass. My younger brother and I would search for glass bottles and watch them shatter when thrown against the cement wall. Every time we left The Dump, we had to roll down the windows because flies would be inside the brown, wood-panel, station wagon.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 3:02 pm to Got Blaze
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I went to a few of the Team BBQ dinners when Bum was the coach. Across the street was Mano's Po-Boys ... solid food and still there. Loved going to "The Dump" to throw away tree branches and bags of cut grass. My younger brother and I would search for glass bottles and watch them shatter when thrown against the cement wall. Every time we left The Dump, we had to roll down the windows because flies would be inside the brown, wood-panel, station wagon.
Yeah, we definitely made a few of those to the dump trips as well. I had completely forgotten about Mano's. I'm glad that they're still around. Didn't JP take over the Saints' Facility after they moved?
Posted on 2/16/24 at 3:11 pm to tigersownall
I do my first job was there
Posted on 2/16/24 at 3:25 pm to MsandLa
I grew up there, my sister owns the house we grew up in.
It's between west Metairie and airline highway which I would not buy on that side. Stick to the other side of West metairie
It's between west Metairie and airline highway which I would not buy on that side. Stick to the other side of West metairie
Posted on 2/16/24 at 5:12 pm to EastBankTiger
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I grew up on Mason Smith, 2 blocks off of David Drive. It was a great area in the 70's. I definitely remember all of the things that others have mentioned. I'll add a few of my own.
That is exactly how it was. We played in the street until bedtime. I also played at least one season at Pilney Little League on a crappy field in Lafreniere Park before it was developed, when it was mostly woods. When that disbanded we played at Mike Miley. It was a good place to grow up back then.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 5:55 pm to MsandLa
I live in between TH Harris and Airline Park Elementary. My house was fully remodeled when I bought it but most homes are very outdated (lots of small rooms). The neighborhood is great except for the week of NYE and Independence Day when seemingly everyone turns into a fireworks fanatic. My property value has increased about 25% in the last 4 years and I do notice a lot of properties being remodeled. It’s perfect for my family of 4.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 6:30 pm to MsandLa
Good place to buy and live.. That’s where I'm from. Good stores, schools and restaurants.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 6:33 pm to MsandLa
It’s a fine neighborhood. Mixture of older folks and younger couples. I see kids. 3 churches in the area, plus the Catholic Churches, so take your pick. There are 2 elementary schools that are supposed to be good. I don’t hear of any crime. (Less crime than in some higher end areas with the car handle jiggling wee hours of the morning with guns that JPSO doesn’t mention. But folks who live there sure do.). It’s a solid middle class neighborhood. I’d have no issues if my daughter bought her first home there. The only thing I’d suggest is paying for a plumber to assess the pipes to be sure plumbing ok bc the land does sink. But it sinks all over, not just Airline Park. And she may never have an issue. I would not buy between David and Williams. Except for a few streets, especially odd of West Metairie Ave., that’s what I’d call lower class area.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:42 pm to RedPop4
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I STILL love Come Back Inn to this day 30 years later.
Yup. I have some family in the area and we will often go there to have lunch or dinner with them.
Their fried chicken is very underrated... no one things to get fried chicken at a place like that, and it takes a while to cook... but it is outstanding.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:46 pm to sdim2901
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my window growing up faced the downs lounge
As a kid I remmeber leaving the park and asking my dad what that place was. All he would say was "not kid friendly"
I was in high school before I understood.
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Curetons for the win !
I lived in Westgate and we would ride our bikes there every day during the summer. I think they opened at noon, would hang out until at least 4 pm every weekday. Then ride back home to grab a bite to eat before baseball. If no baseball, we would stay until 8-9 pm.
Then in high school I would go there almost every day to work out.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:48 pm to LSUFanHouston
Indeed it is.
Veal cutlet sandwich and onion rings for the win.
Veal cutlet sandwich and onion rings for the win.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:49 pm to EastBankTiger
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One was going to the old Saints practice facility just off of David Drive
If you ever get back to that area, you can get a damn good lunch at Mano's, which is right across the street from where the facility used to be.
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:50 pm to Got Blaze
Tiffin Inn... my paw-paw used to take me to breakfast there...
Posted on 2/16/24 at 9:54 pm to RedPop4
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Veal cutlet sandwich and onion rings for the win.
Good stuff. If it's dinner time I'll usually get the fried chicken. If it's lunch time, I'll get the Joe-Don Special
Posted on 2/16/24 at 10:11 pm to MsandLa
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Airline Park neighborhood in Metryby MsandLaIs it a good place to buy?
Yes
That’s my old elementary school
This post was edited on 2/16/24 at 10:21 pm
Posted on 2/16/24 at 10:48 pm to MsandLa
No need to worry about crime or anything, it's a safe middle/working class neighborhood. Do need to worry about the subsidence as others have mentioned. I did not know what I was getting into when I bought a house near here. Holy frick it's a pain in the arse to maintain. People seem to take one of two routes:
- pump mud under house and spread dirt in the yard every few years to keep up with sinkage, re pave sidewalks and driveways as they crack and fall into the ground, etc
or
- completely ignore it for decades to the point where you can quite literally crawl underneath the concrete slab and can see the pilings under the house from the street.
The houses do not sink with the ground. (at least not most.) They sit on pilings that seem to do a good enough job keeping everything mostly level and in place. The issue is, this sinkage problem is so specific to our area that it's really hard to find actual information about how to combat it, etc. It's all just opinions and what you heard from a guy.
I would not do it again. I'd buy a smaller house in a neighborhood that doesn't sink vs. my current house any day.
- pump mud under house and spread dirt in the yard every few years to keep up with sinkage, re pave sidewalks and driveways as they crack and fall into the ground, etc
or
- completely ignore it for decades to the point where you can quite literally crawl underneath the concrete slab and can see the pilings under the house from the street.
The houses do not sink with the ground. (at least not most.) They sit on pilings that seem to do a good enough job keeping everything mostly level and in place. The issue is, this sinkage problem is so specific to our area that it's really hard to find actual information about how to combat it, etc. It's all just opinions and what you heard from a guy.
I would not do it again. I'd buy a smaller house in a neighborhood that doesn't sink vs. my current house any day.
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